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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the concert, who drank and partied all night?

2. After Christmas where did Dub pick Steve up?

3. Where did the GOD group meet on Thursday night?

4. Who showed up to the party with a date?

5. After the assembly, what does Steve do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that Steve discovers at the senior assembly after Mr. DeMouy talks?

2. What do Steve and Allison share with each other while on the trip to the Pearl Jam concert?

3. During his senior year, Sarah and Steve get into a large fight one night while watching videos. What was it about and what was revealed?

4. During his junior year, Steve won what award and who went with him to get it?

5. What has Allison and Steve's relationship evolved into at the end of the story?

6. Allison and Steve start seeing more of each other their senior year, yet Steve doesn't acknowledge her in certain places--where and why?

7. What does Steve's mother agree to and what stipulations does she put on it?

8. What does Steve find when he returns home from his mother's during Christmas vacation?

9. Who does Dub's older sister think the faculty member in charge of GOD should be and why?

10. After the breakup with Dub, what happened to Steve?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author makes the story seem very realistic.

Part 1) In what ways is the story realistic?

Part 2) In what ways is the story not realistic?

Part 3) Does it make a story better to have it all be realistic? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Part 1) What did Mr. Waters mean when he told Steve that you cannot write about love until you have had your heart broken?

Part 2) Was it possible that Mr. Waters was contemplating a relationship with Dub at that point?

Part 3) Why did Mr. Waters give Steve a copy of the school yearbook as a gift?

Essay Topic 3

Steve loses interest in school for a period of time.

Part 1) Is there any one thing that can be identified as what causes Steve to regain his interest in school? Explain.

Part 2) Is it easy to identify with Steve's lack of interest in school or suddenly realizing it is something he needs? Explain your answer.

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